Made With Rye...

I'd been planning to make homemade rye bread since last June when we got a grain mill. We love rye grilled cheese sandwiches with some roast beef added... yummy!

Most of the store bought rye bread I found had a substantial amount of all-purpose flour in it, but I wanted something heartier. I make my rye bread recipe using mostly rye flour. Since rye doesn't have much gluten, I prefer to add some additional wheat gluten to hold the loaf together. However, rye bread is very versatile and it's perfectly fine to choose the rye-to-wheat ratio you prefer, depending on the purpose of your bread (sandwich bread vs. soup bread). :)

Here you can see the difference between my regular 100% whole wheat bread (left) and this rye bread (right). This loaf of rye bread was made with 2 1/2 cups rye flour and only 1/2 cup wheat flour, so it's fairly dark. Substituting molasses for the honey would make it even darker, if that's what you prefer! :)

Do you have a favorite recipe that calls for rye flour? I'd love to hear about it! :)

Dissolve 2T sugar in the warm water and sprinkle in the yeast and let it set until it is foamy. In a separate bowl beat eggs. Add eggs and remaining ingredients (except flour) to the yeast and mix well. Add flour little by little, sifting as you add. When it gets to "sponge" stage, cover and let rise for an hour. Add flour and stir until it gets too stiff to stir, then turn it out on a floured surface to knead. Keep adding flour and kneading until it's nice smooth. Put dough back into bowl, oil it and cover. Let rise 1 hr. Shape into loaves, braid or buns, place in greased baking pan, cover and let rise for an 1 hr. Bake @ 350 for about 35 min. This makes two loaves

Momma's way of making bread seems like such a long process. I love the way this bread tastes, though. I tried to adapt the recipe to my breadmachine, but was not successful. I would love any suggestions you might have to simplify this recipe or how you might adapt it to a breadmachine.

I've been wanting to try to bake Rye bread for a few weeks and none of the recipes I've seen prompted me to do so...that is until I saw yours! Guess what I'll be doing this weekend? My family loves all of your recipes that I have made so far :)

I love rye bread. I think I have my recipe on my page, I'll have to check.
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I tried your recipe for rye bread. It turned out a little dry but that was my fault for adding to much flour. But the taste is GREAT! I did 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 rye flour. Like you said I think I will try more rye then wheat next time because I do like rye bread. Thank you so much for the recipe, you read my mind it was exactly was I was looking for.
Katie